otter

Senior Software Engineer

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At a Glance

Location
Mountain View, California, United States
Work Regime
onsite
Compensation
salary range for this role is $176,000 – $242,000 per year. Actual compensation
Posted
2026-06-23T15:58:44-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

AWSAzureCI/CDDevOpsDockerGCPJavaKubernetesMicroservicesMongoDBPostgreSQLREST APIRedis

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance

edical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options). Co

Requirements

Familiarity with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis).

Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.

Understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.

Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.

Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.

Exposure to large-scale data processing or event-driven architectures.

Compensation & Benefits

Demand for online food delivery is growing really fast! In the last 5 years, just in the US, the overall market has expanded 10X from $10B to $100B, and could expand to $500bn- $1T by 2030.

Changing the restaurant industry: You’ll be part of a team that helps restaurants succeed in online food delivery.

Collaborative environment: You will receive support and guidance from experienced colleagues and managers, helping you to learn, grow and achieve your goals, and you’ll work closely with other teams to ensure our customer’s success.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance (multiple plans, incl. HSA options).

Company-paid life and disability insurance (short- and long-term).

Responsibilities

As a Backend Engineer, you’ll design, implement, and optimize systems that power mission-critical applications.

Your role will adapt to your strengths and interests, with opportunities to work across the entire customer journey.

Our team is responsible for the customer onboarding, license and entitlements management while they are a customer and the offboarding process.  At the heart of the customer experience, we integrate with most internal systems and various external systems including our Sales and Support systems..

Architect and implement scalable backend systems and APIs.

Ensure high system performance, reliability, and security.

Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions.

About the Company

In the past, to be a successful restaurateur, you simply had to have a passion for food and a passion for people - but to succeed as a digital restaurateur you also need to have a passion for technology. We believe in the joy of serving others, and that's why we created Otter – to help restaurateurs succeed in online food delivery. Restaurants around the world, both large and small, including Chick-fil-A, Ben & Jerry’s, KFC, and Eataly trust our software to power their delivery business. We increase sales, reduce order issues, and decrease delivery headaches.